---
layout: single
property_name: letter-spacing
---

<section id="letter-spacing" class="property">
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    <h2 class="property-name">
      <a href="#letter-spacing"><span>#</span>letter-spacing</a>
    </h2>
    <div class="property-description">
      <p>Defines the spacing between the characters of a block of text.</p>

    </div>

  </header>





    <section class="example">
      <header class="example-header">
        <p class="example-name">
            <code class="example-default" data-tooltip="This is the property's default value">default</code>


          <code class="example-value" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="letter-spacing: normal;">letter-spacing: normal;</code>
        </p>
        <div class="example-description">
          <p>The spacing between the characters is <strong>normal</strong>.</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <aside class="example-preview">
        <div class="example-browser"><i></i><i></i><i></i></div>
        <div class="example-output">
          <div class="example-output-div letter-spacing " id="letter-spacing-normal">The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog</div>
        </div>
      </aside>
          <style type="text/css">#letter-spacing-normal{ letter-spacing:normal;}</style>
    </section>
    <section class="example">
      <header class="example-header">
        <p class="example-name">


          <code class="example-value" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="letter-spacing: 2px;">letter-spacing: 2px;</code>
        </p>
        <div class="example-description">
          <p>You can use <strong>pixel</strong> values.</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <aside class="example-preview">
        <div class="example-browser"><i></i><i></i><i></i></div>
        <div class="example-output">
          <div class="example-output-div letter-spacing " id="letter-spacing-2px">The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog</div>
        </div>
      </aside>
          <style type="text/css">#letter-spacing-2px{ letter-spacing:2px;}</style>
    </section>
    <section class="example">
      <header class="example-header">
        <p class="example-name">


          <code class="example-value" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="letter-spacing: 0.1em;">letter-spacing: 0.1em;</code>
        </p>
        <div class="example-description">
          <p>You can use <strong>em</strong> values: this allows the spacing to remain <em>relative</em> to the font-size.</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <aside class="example-preview">
        <div class="example-browser"><i></i><i></i><i></i></div>
        <div class="example-output">
          <div class="example-output-div letter-spacing " id="letter-spacing-01em">The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog</div>
        </div>
      </aside>
          <style type="text/css">#letter-spacing-01em{ letter-spacing:0.1em;}</style>
    </section>

</section>
